AIFRS launches a new Arqus International Colloquium on Modern Spanish and Portuguese History

The Arqus International Forum on Romance Studies (AIFRS) invites academics and students to participate in its new Arqus International Colloquium on Modern Spanish and Portuguese History. The first edition will be devoted to “Conversion, Anti-Jewish polemics and Inquisition in Iberian context (15^th to 17^th Centuries)” and will last from 9^th October 2023 to 20^th March 2024.

This first edition includes face-to-face and hybrid format sessions at the University of Granada:

1^st lecture: “The Portuguese Converso Phenomenon: A Conceptual and Historiographical Approach”

• Axel Kaplan Szyld (Bar-Ilan University / University of Alcalá).
• Monday, 9^th October, 12:30-14:30 CEST.
• Venue: Concha Félez Hall at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Granada.

2^nd lecture: “From Adversus Iudaeos to Adversus Conversos: Continuities and Changes in Portuguese Anti-Jewish Polemics”

• Axel Kaplan Szyld (Bar-Ilan University / University of Alcalá).
• Wednesday, 11^th October, 12:30-14:30 CEST.
• Venue: Concha Félez Hall at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Granada.

3^rd lecture: “Portuguese New Christians in Political and Ideological Dynamics in the Hispanic Monarchy”

• Juan Ignacio Pulido Serrano (University of Alcalá).
• Wednesday, 15^th November, 15:30-17:00 CET.
• Hybrid format. The face-to-face session will take place at Room 4 of the Faculty of Arts of the University of Granada.

4^th lecture: “Censorship and banned books in Portugal and Brazil (16^th and 17^th Centuries): the consequences of Regula VII”

• David Porcel Bueno (University of Granada).
• Monday, 4^th March, 12:30-14:00 CET.
• Room 43, Faculty of Arts (University of Granada).

5^th lecture: “Between Messianism, Millenarianism, and Reason of State: Revisiting Father Vieira and His Position on Jews and Conversos”

• Claude B. Stuczynski (Bar-Ilan University).
• Wednesday, 13^th March, 15:30-17:00 CET.
• Hybrid format. Room for the face-to-face session to be determined.

6^th lecture: “Breaking the Seal: Confession and the Inquisition in Portugal”

• Andrea Arcuri (University of Granada / Società Dante Alighieri, Granada Committee).
• Wednesday, 20^th March, 15:30-17:00 CET.
• Hybrid format. Room for the face-to-face session to be determined.

Registration is not needed for the first two face to face conferences. Detailed information about the registration process for the hybrid conferences will be provided soon.